Khorixas

Khorixas is a town of about 6,800 inhabitants in in . The town is near an important deposit of petrified wood and the Twyfelfontein valley, known for its rock art.
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  • Type: Town with 6,900 residents
  • Description: town in Namibia
  • Also known as: “Wallwitch”, “Wellwitsch”, and “Welwitsch”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khorixas Constituency.

Locality
is an electoral constituency in . It is represented in the Regional Council of . The constituency office is situated in Khorixas.

Khorixas

Latitude
-20.3738° or 20° 22′ 26″ south
Longitude
14.9604° or 14° 57′ 38″ east
Population
6,900
Elevation
931 metres (3,054 feet)
Open location code
5FFPJXG6+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258888029
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3356213
Wiki­data ID
Q1740681
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Khorixas” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Khorixas”
  • Asturian: “Khorixas”
  • Cebuano: “Khorixas”
  • Chinese: “霍里克薩斯”
  • Danish: “Khorixas”
  • Dutch: “Khorixas”
  • Finnish: “Khorixas”
  • French: “Khorixas”
  • German: “Khorixas”
  • German: “Sorris Sorris”
  • German: “Sorris-Sorris”
  • German: “Welwitschia”
  • Irish: “Khorixas”
  • Italian: “Khorixas”
  • Italian: “Welwitschia”
  • Moksha: “Хориксас”
  • Polish: “Khorixas”
  • Portuguese: “Khorixas”
  • Romanian: “Khorixas”
  • Russian: “Кхорихас”
  • Spanish: “Khorixas”
  • Swahili: “Khorixas”
  • Swedish: “Khorixas”
  • Zulu: “Khorixas”

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